Means for detecting false registration in time-recorders.



181,888,089. PATENTBD MAY I9, 1908.

J. I A. DRY.' -MBAIISIOR IIBTBGIING FALSE REGISTRATION IN TIME 880088888.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.13. 1903.

Figi l ATTORNEY l niNrrEn srafrns PATENT `carros.

JOHN DEY, or sYnicUsEgNEw YORIQAN'D ALEXANDER nav', or GLASGoWjscofrLAND, As-

sIGNons To DEY or New YORK.

TIME REGISTER COMPANY, OF SYRACUSE', NEW YORK', A GORIORATION V:sirname non marasme FALSE nnora'rnarron 1N rnm-nnconnnns.

To all whom 'it may concern: Be it known that We, JOHN DEY, residin at Syracuse, in the county of'Onondaga. an State of New York, andALEXANDER DEY, residing at Glasgow, in the county of Lanark,

' Scotland,"have invented certain -newand usef ful Improvements in Means forDetecting False Registration*-in"Time-Recorders,"of

which the followingv is-a full, clear," and exact description-,such aswill enable othersskilled. i 6';

inthe art to which appertains'to make and use thesame.

" This'in've'ntion relates'toitime recorders [exam the record.l

and its object is to provide a meansv for-de# tecti'ng false registrations in time recorders;

That is, means 'whereby if a workman-'iii -registering his time, as -nl ii"'record' 'card for le, should attemptf to' fll in a missing Tues ay registration' on Vednesday, that fact would be made apparentv on the face oi With many kinds ofl printing mec-han;

'isms and recordreceiving vsurfaces used in there is nothing` to prevent. a false registration nor anyineans` of indi' Acating the falsity of 'a registration improptime recorders,

erly made to correcting this defect, the invention-consists' in the features of con'L struction, combinations of elements and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter more fully .set forth and the novel features thereof pointed out in the claims.

An embodiment of the invention'is illusthe accompanying '(lr'awing, in

refer to similar parts throughout the several views of the drawing lt may first be noted that further details and description of operation of the time recorder ofA which the herein-described embodiment'of the invention forms a are set forth in our application filed dtober 17, 1902, Serial No.- 126,298, it being :also noted that the invention is not limited to embodiment in a time recorder of this type;

Specidcaon of Letters Patent; Apparaten and mimi 1a, 190s. semi missen.

p ortion,

mittently vary the de Patented May 19,1908.

Referring now to-Fig. 1 of the drawing, there is shown what maybe considered clockwork 1, the same being represented by a dotand hands co-acting therewith,

ted clock dial the main spindle 2 of which is journaled in a portion .of theirecorder frame 3 Mounted upon 's indle, 2 isminute printing Wheel 4 a apte todrive intermittently,

:TapJetffgco-acts. with a starw eel 7, provide inxthis 4case with twenty-four teeth 0. thehours of the day, 'fixed upon-.the spindle-8 o astafwheel co-acting with. a spring-pressedjockey roller 10, adapted to holdfthe'lour-,whee1 in its several predeterminedpositionsjnwith the type thereof in 'perativei-lrelation to A theprinting point. ons in'dle-'Sis also mounted a tappet 11 a apte dayv wheelil.' 'f' The la' present -i1lustrative embodiment, provided with sevenarbitra characters, each of `which isA adapted-"to indicate by its impres- 1sion a'A certain predetermined day of the week. These characters here take the form of the numerals 1 to 7 and respectively in dicate the days, as 1 for Monday, and 2 for as by means .of av tappetxorpa'wl 5, an hour printi-n wheel and hour to cofactiiwith a star wheel 12 fixed 'upon thelspindle-of-.h-What may be termed a tte'r part is, 'inthe Tuesday, all as 'will hereinafter. more Vfully The above-described parts, driven from clockwork 1 or 'an other desired automobile mechanism, so act as, at any given point of time, to print not only the hour and minute corresponding to this time, but will `also stamp a characteindioative of the day upon'which the impression is taken. -It may here'be noted that in'tliis illustrative env bodiment, the hours before and after noon are distinguished by a vertical and horizontal disposition of the corres ending characters upon the hour printing w reel.

Driven from spindle 1, as by suitable gear'- ing 14 and a tappet and star wheel 15 and 16, the precise construction and action of which are disclosed in the co-pending a above referred to, is a shaft or ban nl roller 1f? provided with a7 plurality of spira y-disposed projections4 18, in this case .seven in number.. These (projections are successively receiver 19 and thus inter- -thrnstinto a car th to which a record card may be inserted t erein. This card replication ceiver is provided with a number 'of laterally-offset mouths 20, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing, whereby the records upon the card or other record receiving member may be spaced in a transverse direction and main-4 tained in such columns by the insertion of the card in the proper mouth.

Card receiver 19 is cut for the entrance of the projection 18 and for the action of a platen 21 whereby thc record receiving meiner is thrown against the printing wheels in the operation of making nn impression.

The form of record receiving ,member best adapted for use in connection with this ty e of instrument is represented in Fig. 3 of t e drawings and is provided with a surface vertically and transversely divided into columns respectively ada ted for the records of the several days of t 1e week and for the records of the several periods of eachday, as the e-ntrance of the workman in the 1norning,hs exit/at noon, reentry at noon, and his .time of leavingat night.` The extra columns entitled 5th and 6th upon the card shown may be em loyed to record overtime. work. The metho of use of this embodiment of our invention, which is, with regard to man features thereof, fully set forth in the a ovenoted co-pending application, is as follows: Upon the entry of the workman in themorning, the card is inserted in the p rop'er mouth or opening 20 until it brings up a ainstthe projection 18 which is positions therein. An impression is then formed in the ordinary manner and this impression will be made in` the column devoted to the day u on which lit was formed, as Monday, and t e proper period, as first, this record being shown here- 1n as 6 :55, iving evidence of the fact that 'the workmaniad arrived prior to 7 oclock. The additional character formed in this space, namely, 1, is that due to the actionofthe day wheel and vatteste the correct positioning of the card.' Thus, if the impression be formed upon Monday, this character 1 will compose a part of the impression and indicate the dav of the formation of the record, and if such record ap ears in the column dedicated to the recor of anyother day, the fraudulent o1' accidental mlsuse of the machine is at once' evidenced. The recorder is thus used throughout the day by inserting the card in the proper mouth for each period and forcing 'it against the projection 18vv which is in operative position. From day to day, the effective projection 18 changes, thus permitting the insertion of the card to a greater depth and -bringing the several columns ysuccessively to the printing point. It is to be noted, however, that even thou h the osition of the abutment against which the card rests be automatically controlled, as in the embodiment shown, nevertheless, it would be possible to form an impression in an incorrect column by failing to insertthe card until it brings up against the abutment. Such practice, however, would be at once evidenced by the character formed by the day wheel and is shown upon th record card appearing in the drawings by the character 6 1n the last two impressions for Friday, thus indicating that these were filled out upon Saturday and the Workman was absent during'the corresponding eriod of the former day.

It will thus e seen that there is provided simple and reliable apparatus for accomplis iing in an efficient manner the objects of this invention. The. records formed 've evidence, both by their position ,and by t eir character, of the day upon which they were made, and anyl discrepancy between these mutually corroborative .factors will at once indicate fraud in the use of the instrument. Although, in the illustrative embodiment herein shown, the means for determining theV depth of insertion of the record card are automatically driven from the clockwork,V

nevertheless, the invention is obviously so 'broad as -to comprehend constructions in which any means, whether manually actuated or otherwise, are employed to position the record receiving member.-

As many changes could 'be made in the above construction and many a parentlywidely diiierent embodiments of t 1s invention could be made Without departin from thescopo thereof, it is intendedA that a l matter contained in 4the above description or shown in the accpmpanying drawing shall be -interprfsted as illustrative and not in a. limitin sense. l aving described our invention what we claim as -new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,--

1. In a time recorder, in combination,

mechanism ada ted to make a character distinctive of the ay ofthe week upon which it is made, and means positioning, a card provided with spaces for each day of the week Witha s ace distinctive of the said first mentioned ay ofthe week in position to receive said impression, whereby the character and.

position of a'record are rendered mutually corroborative. I f

2. In apparatus of the class described, in combinatlon, time-controlled printing mechanism comprising means adapted to indicate directly by the character of its record the day of the week upon which the' record is made, and means coacting therewith adapted to position a record-receiving member with a predetermined portion of its surfacel opposite 'the printing point, whereby the ortion in which the impression occurs is in icative of the day of the hweelr upon which the record is made. V

3. In apparatus of the class described, in combination, time-controlled printing mecha'nism comprising means adapted to indir ite ldirectly by the character of its record the day -recoid is positioned indicates the ei'iod of the day. in which the record is ma e.

4. In apparatus of the class described, in

combination, record-forming means compris-I ing a minute wheel, an hour wheel and a day wheel, Imeans .driving said hour wheel from adapted said minute wheel, means driving said'day wheel from said hour wheel, a.card receiver operatively'related to said'wheels', and clockcontrolled means4 adapted to limit the depth of insertion of a record card within said card receiver to points varying with the vday of the week, whereby the impression of said day wheel Aandthe space in which it'is received are mutually corroborative.

5. In -apparatusof the classd'escribed, in combination, clock-controlled hour and minut'e printing mechanism, a clock-controlledprinti member adapted to change the charactero its record daily, a card'receiver operatively related to said member 'and said mecbarnsm, an abutment in said receiver to limit the depth of insertion pf the record card, and clock-controlled means adapted to move said abutment daily to place an inserted card with different predetermined portions of its surface in dposition to receive impressions, whereby the epth of insertionv of arrecord card and the characterof the record formed thereon by. said member a-re automatically changed each day.-

6. In apparatus of the class described, in combination, time-controlled printing mech-A anism comprising-a minute Wheel, an 4hour f wheel and a day wheel, means drivingr` said hour Wheelirom said minute wheel and said da wheel from said hour wheel, said da Wheel being provided with characters each ogwhich is indicative of a'predetermned day of the werd-1, and means coactingwith said printing mechanism adapted to position a recordreceiving member with a predetermined column of its surface' opposite the printing point, whereby the column in which the im pression occurs is indicative of the day of the i week upon which the record is made.

l 7. In apparatus ofthe class described, in

combination, time-controlled printing mechanism comprising a minute wheel, van hour wheel and a day wheel, means driving said the record is ma upon w Wheel, and automatic clock-controlle hour wheel from said minute wheel, means driving said day wheel from said hour wheel, said da wheel being` provided with characters eac of which is indicative of a predetermined da .of the week, and means coacting with sai printin mechanism adapted to position a recor -receivin member with predetermined columns of its surface opposite the printing point, said lasteinentioned means bein adapted to bring various lo tudinal an lateral columns opposite t e printing point, one of said sets of columns eing indicative of the day of the Week and the other of the eriod of the day in which dit, whereby the authenticity of the records of the several days and throughout periods of 'each by the character'of the im ression formed.

8. In apparatus of the c ass described, in combination, means adapted to position a record card to indicate 'b the position of the record formedthereon the da of the weekv'ch the record was mae, and recordforming eansc'oacting therewith adapted to form a record directly indicative by its character-of the ida of the week upon which the record was ma e.

9.- In apparatus ofthe class described, in combination, a clock-controlled hour printing Wheel, a clock-controlled minute printing wheel, automatic clock-controlled means adapted to print a different character daily and automatically repeat said characters at the end of a predetermined andconstant numbeisof days', a card receiver operatively relatedl to printing wheels and clockcontrolled means adapted to limit the depth of insertion of the record. .card within said day is evidenced i receiver to pointsdiering daily'and auto-l I matical y re eat said limiting points at the end of a pre etermined and constant number of days, said first and'scond mentioned e u tlii;l class described, in lock-.controlled hour printprinting means adapted' to print a diiierent character daily and automatically repeat .said characters upon a' predetermined day of the week.'

In testimony whereof we aix our signatures, each in the\piesence of two witnesses.

lJOHN DEY. ALEXANDER DEY. Witnesses for John Dey:

MINNIE E. PADDoox,

CHARLES E. M oDoNALn.' Witnesss for. Alexander Dey: W. BLAOKLEY MAXWELL, WILLIAM. WiLsoN.

10.*'In apparatus combination, a ing wheel,l a clock-controlled minute 

